St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-22
A Comprehensive Docu-
1llent Covering Every
Point OF Interest.
A Showing Of Advantages
That Will Result
Beneficially.
The First Publication OF
the Report Made in
the Northwest.
Special to the Globe.

BISMARCK, Oct. 21.-The report of
Gov. Church to the secretary of the in
terror has been forwarded to Washing
ton. A brief abstract of it was printed
in the GLOBE at the time. The full re-
port is sent herewith, and the GLOBE
gives it to the reading public of Dakota
by the time it reaches the hands of the
officials iii Washington. The document
is full of important information and
will repay a careful perusal and study.
The governor, after all exhaustive re-
view of the causes which have contrib
uted to the marvellous growth and pro-
crops harvested and the large area of
land occupied by settlers-says:
The increased activity, in the line of rail
way building through the central portion of
the territory, and the fine crops gathered.by
the farmers. together with considerable
quantity of land remaining vacant in many
of the counties adjacent to- the Missouri
river, have attracted IL large number of -peo-
pie to these localities.
Early in the spring large colony OF set
tiers, coming direct from Vermont and New
England points, located in Hettinger county,
about twenty-five miles south of the North
ern Pacific railway. Although this colony
decided upon location in an unsuryeyed
and almost unexplored county. nevertheless
its members have already established town,
erected comfortable homes and harvested an
abundant crop. Their successful venture in
sllres for the future heavy immigration to
the large area of vacant lands of the West
Missouri country, especially from the New
England and Middle States.
PUBLIC LAND ENTRIES IN DAKOTA.
The number of filings, etc., at the ten
United States land offices in Dakota for the
year ending June so, 1887, are as follows:
Pre-emption filings, 1876; homestead i'll
ings. 4,711: timber culture filings, 4.13s;
pre-emption proofs, cash entries, 1881 com
muted homesteads, cash entries 2.011; final
homestead proofs, 3,1S7: timber culture
proofs, 3I1: acres newly filed on, 2,O67, 2S1;
acres acquired by final proof and cash entry.
2,3S7.
There were 1885 new filings during this
period, under the general land laws, as fol-
lows: Homesteads, Att: pre-emptions,
newly filed on during the year was 2,067, ,2S1
acres. There were 1O,750 final
proofs made, of which 6.592 were cash
entries; 3.7s7 final homestead entries, and
tries, there were 4.5S1 proofs made under
the pre-emption law and 2,011 commuted
homesteads. The area acquired by final proof
and cash entry during the year was 1.5S6,6 ,672
acres, and that purchased by land scrip,
1887 acres.
There has been very large immigration
during the year named to the DeadWood
Devifs Lake and Bismarck districts, where
much of the public land remains unsurveyed.
The area of lInsurveyed lands taken up, but
not filed on, is estimated as being equivalent
to one-third of the area tiled on in these three
districts, or about 100000 acres. and the
number of squatter claimants, not including
their families. is about 400.
The sales of lands to settlers by the North
ern Pacific Railway company and private
owners in different sections of the territory
n flnxaS
mated. However, it is safe to estimate these
sales as equivalent to 20 per cent. of the area
of government lands filed on for the year. or
about 100000 acres acquired by private
sale.
The grand total of lands newly filed on and
purchased by immigrants for settlement, for
the year in question. therefore closely ap-
proxlmates the sum of 1867, 2S1 acres, or
greater than that of Rhode Island, about
three times that of Delaware, or nearly that
contained within the boundaries of the state
of Connecticut.
POPULATION.
very careful and conservative estimate
made by the commissioner of immigration
under the administration of Hon. Lauren l..
Dunlap, basing the gain in population since
the census of June, 1885, on the public land
entries for the year, gave Dakota a popula-
ton on June 30, 1856, of 500 600.
Continuing these estimates on the same
plan as that of the year past: The number of
year ending June 30, 1887, was 9,715, rep
resenting a population of about three times
that number, or about 20, lo1 souls.
The 400 Squatters on unSurveyed lands
represent resident population of $500
persons.
The gain in population from the sale of
lands by the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
parry and private owners may be estimated
at 3. $50. on the basis of family of three to
every 800 acres of land sold.
The matter of births during the same pe-
Rod is estimated at 1880; the matter of
births for the year previous having been esti-
mated at 10000.
The New England states, New York, Penn
sylvania. Ohio, Indiana Wisconsin. Iowa and
Illinois, are each supplying their contingent
toward the building up of this, the strongest
child of the Union. Canadians are crossing
the International boundry line in such vast
numbers as to have fairly startled that coun-
try and the matter of loss of population,
through immigration to Dakota, has become
a subject of inquiry by the provincial govern
ment. The immigration agents of the great
railway corporations traversing the North
west estimate that fully 10000 European
immigrants, hailing from Scandinavia, Great
Britain ana the German empire, Gncluding
the Mennonites. who are of German eXtrac-
tionl, in the order named will be divided be-
tween Minnesota and Dakota, during the
present season
The farming lands of the territory are pass.
ing into the hands of actual settlers, at the
rate of nearly 4, 100000 acres each year. AS
has been shown. the government now has at
its disposal but 23 81 l ,4i5 acres of the 96,-
500. $50 comprising the entire area of the
territory. or about 25 per cent.
THE GROSS EARNINGS LAW.
In referring to the gross earnings law,
the governor says:
4 fair Interpretation wonld seem to be that
this law exempts only such property as is
used or needed for railway purposes. Acting
under this Interpretation of the law, instruc-
tons have been given this year to assess all
lands and town lots owned by such compa-
nies not used or needed for railway purposes,
which has resulted in an increase in the ter
ritorial valuation as before stated.
Many extra expenditures are made or au-
thorized by the legislature, and following the